The Simpsons (season 12)

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The Simpsons Season 12
Series The Simpsons
Country of origin USA
Network Fox
Original run November 1, 2000 –
May 20, 2001
No. of episodes 21
DVD release date TBA
Previous season 11
Next season 13

The Simpsons' 12th season (November 2000 - May 2001) began on Sunday, November 1, 2000 with "Treehouse of Horror XI". The season contains three hold over episodes from the season 11 (BABF) production line.


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21 episodes

# Airdate Prod. Code Title
249 - 1201 November 1 BABF21 Treehouse of Horror XI
G-G-Ghost D-D-Dad – Homer dies after choking on broccoli and must do one good deed in order to get into heaven.

Scary Tales Can Come True – In a mixed parody of many Grimm's Fairy Tales, peasant children Bart and Lisa are sent to live in the woods, where they inadvertently set up Goldilocks to be killed by the Three Bears and meet a witch with a gingerbread house.

Night of the Dolphin – Dolphins take over the world after Lisa inadvertently frees their leader.
250 - 1202 November 5 BABF20 A Tale of Two Springfields
Homer causes a revolt over a change in half of the town's area code, and ends up splitting the town in half.
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251 - 1203 November 12 BABF17 Insane Clown Poppy
Krusty finds out he has a daughter (from a one-night stand with a female soldier who fought in the Gulf War), but loses her trust after gambling away her violin to Fat Tony, prompting Homer and Krusty to retrieve it.
252 - 1204 November 19 CABF01 Lisa the Tree Hugger
Lisa falls in love with the leader of an environmentalist group and tries to impress him by living in Springfield's oldest tree in order to keep it from being cut down.
253 - 1205 November 26 CABF04 Homer vs. Dignity
When the Simpsons are having financial problems, Mr. Burns pays Homer to play pranks on others and humiliate himself in public. Meanwhile, Smithers creates a Malibu Stacy-themed musical.
254 - 1206 December 3 CABF02 The Computer Wore Menace Shoes
Homer creates his own website and uses it to spread gossip, but gets sent to a weird island where people who know too much are imprisoned.
255 - 1207 December 10 CABF03 The Great Money Caper
Homer and Bart become father-son scam artists (after Bart is given money out of pity when Homer won't take him home), but the joke's on them when the rest of the town plays an even bigger prank on them.
256 - 1208 December 17 CABF06 Skinner's Sense of Snow
A snowstorm traps the kids inside Springfield Elementary, with the kids overthrowing Principal Skinner when he uses his Army skills to control the students. Meanwhile, Homer tries to rescue the children--using Flanders' car.
257 - 1209 January 7 BABF22 HOMЯ
While working as a human guinea pig (to pay off the family's lost savings after Homer makes a bad investment), Homer discovers the root cause of his subnormal intelligence: a crayon that was lodged in his brain ever since he was a kid. He decides to have it removed to increase his IQ, but discovers that being smart does not necessarily equal being happy.
258 - 1210 January 14 CABF05 Pokey Mom
Marge tries to rehabilitate a convict with remarkable artistic talent. Meanwhile, Homer uses a trash can to fix people's spines.
259 - 1211 February 4 CABF08 Worst Episode Ever
Bart and Milhouse are banned from the comic book store after costing The Comic Book Guy a sale, but are hired as his replacements when the Comic Book Guy has a heart attack and is advised to go out and make friends.
260 - 1212 February 11 CABF07 Tennis the Menace
The Simpsons build a tennis court in their back yard, but Homer's inferior tennis ability makes them the laughingstock of the town, while Bart shines as a natural.
261 - 1213 February 18 CABF10 Day of the Jackanapes
Krusty cancels his show after it loses in the ratings to the big-money game show "Me Wantee". When he reveals to Sideshow Bob that all of the episodes featuring him have been erased, Sideshow Bob uses Krusty's biggest fan (Bart) to murder him during Krusty's farewell show.
262 - 1214 February 25 CABF12 New Kids on the Blecch
A music producer selects Bart, Nelson, Milhouse and Ralph to be members of the next hit boy band, who record subliminal songs about joining the Navy.
263 - 1215 March 4 CABF09 Hungry, Hungry Homer
Homer sees the joys in helping people out and stands up for injustice -- which is put to the test when he goes on a hunger strike after the owner of the Springfield Isotopes attempts to discredit him when Homer stumbles on his plot to discreetly trade the team to Albuquerque, New Mexico.
264 - 1216 March 11 CABF11 Bye Bye Nerdie
Lisa is determined to find out what makes Francine, a new school bully, only pick on nerds after Lisa becomes Francine's main target. Meanwhile, Homer goes into the baby-proofing business.
265 - 1217 April 1 CABF13 Simpson Safari
When the Simpsons run out of food thanks to a bag boy strike, the family finds an old box of animal crackers with a sweepstakes that sends The Simpsons to Africa.
266 - 1218 April 29 CABF14 Trilogy of Error
Homer's rush to the hospital to reattach his thumb, Lisa's rush to school to win the science fair, and Bart's run-in with an illegal fireworks scheme are interconnected in a parody of "Go" and "Run, Lola, Run".
267 - 1219 May 6 CABF15 I'm Goin' to Praiseland
After finding a sketchbook belonging to his late wife Maude, Ned Flanders opens a Bible-themed amusement park to honor her memory.
268 - 1220 May 13 CABF16 Children of a Lesser Clod
After spraining his knee during a basketball game, Homer begins taking care of the neighborhood kids to cure his boredom, prompting jealousy from Bart and Lisa, who feel that Homer is giving the kids the attention they never had.
269 - 1221 May 20 CABF17 Simpsons Tall Tales
When Homer refuses to pay a five dollar airport tax to fly to Delaware, the family is forced to ride in a livestock car of a train instead. There they meet a singing hobo who tells three tall tales:

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